• Xueyan Zhang, Zhongxu Wang, and Tao Li.
• National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanwei Road 29th, Xuanwu District, Beijing, 100050, China.
• Environ Health Prev Med. 2010 Sep 1; 15 (5): 263-70.

ObjectiveThis study aimed to summarize the major health problems among Chinese workers, the strategies and measures for occupational hazards control, the network and organizations of occupational health administration, and the achievements and current challenges of occupational health in China.ResultsThe situation of occupational health was found to be still serious in China. Enterprises with occupational hazards were widely distributed, the exposed population and cases of occupational diseases were numerous, and occupational risks were being transferred from the city to the countryside and from developed areas to developing ones. New emerging problems coexisted with traditional occupational hazards. Besides, a lack of occupational health services for migrant workers could be a major problem for a long time.ConclusionsIt is necessary to improve the fields related to occupational health, such as the supervision and administration of small- and medium-scale enterprises, research into key techniques for the prevention and control of occupational hazards, systems for the diagnosis and reporting of occupational diseases, and the training of health professionals.

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